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A noted German lyric poet; born at Dresden, Sept. 23, 1791; died near Gadebusch, in the vicinity of Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Aug. 26, 1813. When Prussia armed against Napoleon I. in 1813, he took the field; where, shortly after a return to his corps from an absence caused by a wound, he fell in battle. His spirited war-songs, which have been the inspiration of Germany since, many of them written in the field, can be found in "Lyre and Sword" (1814). Among the best of them are the "Battle Prayer" and "The Sword Song". His earlier verse- dramas, opera texts, etc.- although well received at the time, is of minor importance. A Korner museum was founded at Dresden in 1873. ("Works", 1838).